C579 Weng Tonghe's gift

People are selfish. As the saying goes, breaking people's money is like killing their parents, and reform is always to cut off the old and corrupt 'road to wealth and give way to the new. This kind of social major change was already very cruel.

If the imperial government wanted to get their hands on telegraph line, then the millions of soldiers in the country would have to be laid off. Wasn't it because of the fall of the post that King Chuang Li Zicheng rebelled?

If the imperial government wanted to get their hands on the railway network, then the millions of citizens who were fed like the Grand Canal would go bankrupt, and the Salt Trough Gang and the Salt Trough Gang would go bankrupt. The imperial government wanted to get their hands on the railway network, then the tens of millions of citizens who were fed like the Grand Canal would go bankrupt, and the Salt Trough Gang and the Two Gang would go bankrupt.

Is it really that easy to smash up old industries? Not to mention that there were still countless influential people in these old industries whose roots were seeping in, but what about the nobles of the Manchu or the Chinese officials who did not directly or indirectly absorb nutrients from here?

Now that Ci An is going to carry out reforms, he has to support the Reformist, and this will affect all the nobles' lungs, what else can he possibly do other than to risk his life and wait for you?

The two princes didn't say a word, they knew clearly in their hearts that Ci An's conditions were negotiable. It didn't matter if he was given a high position in the Fuqing, but reform was impossible, because reform was equivalent to smashing the rice bowls of others.

"What pill did Ci An eat wrong? I think that the little white face of Fuqing has captivated her. I saw it just now, there must be something wrong with the eyes of these two … Damn it, we didn't wrongly accuse him! " Yi Xiao said harshly.

Yi Xuan had also changed his face, and was no longer as confused as before. "Right, Ci An wanting to stay in the Jingshan instead of going back to the Forbidden City probably has something to do with this. This dog-man duo might really be messing things up during this period of time, they are truly disgraceful, ruining the face of the imperial government …"

"Majesty, what do we do now? We can't agree to Ci An's conditions at all, Grand Commission can't even think about passing, even if we agree, we can't let the other Manchu officials agree to it … But, if we don't agree, do we continue fighting? that Xiao Letian is about to attack us... "

Yi Jie's question caused the three people present to fall into a deathly silence. When they thought about Xiao Letian's idea of tormenting his people without anyone noticing, all of them trembled in fear.

To be honest, the imperial government did not believe that Xiao Letian had the power to overthrow the Great Qing Empire. How powerful could a small Ryukyu Kingdom and an army of over 2000 soldiers be?

The imperial government wanted face so they did not send their army to suppress them. If they really used the Xiang Army s or Huai Army s, even if it was the Mongolia army outside the borders, they would still be able to easily annihilate Xiao Letian.

However, Xiao Letian, this sh * t stick, had too many disgusting techniques. Xiao Letian had the navy, so he could definitely retreat to the ocean to be a pirate. He could use everything he had to mix with the sea along the clear coastline.

Furthermore, Xiao Letian and the foreigners were extremely close, just look at how intimate Americans was with Xiao Letian. If there were no tricks behind their backs, then there would be no telling what would happen, and right now, Da Qing's fear of the foreigners had already been branded onto his bones.

The most worrisome thing were, of course, Xiao Letian's bewitching tricks, the newspapers, leaflets, and the painting of walls … From the Beijing all the way to the countryside, he would never let go of any places with people on them.

The people can make it so that it cannot be made known. Aren't commoners just trying to fool people? Aren't you just messing around by letting those lowly commoners know that the country is a secret? What sort of treaty did the emperor sign with the commoners? How could the imperial court let the commoners know about the indemnities?

This kind of scoundrel stirring sh * tty stick technique had caused Qing Dynasty to be confused and confused. Although none of them said anything, almost everyone was deeply afraid of Xiao Letian.

Just as the Main Palace was in a state of silence, An Dehai suddenly walked in quickly and reported, "Reporting to the empress dowager, Weng Tonghe Weng Zhong Tang requests an audience with Weng Tonghe, he said that there is an extremely urgent report …"

"Hmm? This wasn't messy enough, he, a mere civil servant, shouldn't get involved … Forget it, I'll just take a look! "

Ci Xi saw the old man in the Yangxin Palace. The East Warm Pavilion was too chaotic, the eunuchs were busy cleaning up the mess.

"Greetings to the empress dowager, greetings to the prince …" After greeting her, the old man went straight to the point, "Empress Dowager, why haven't you seen Maylor? Although Maylor was defeated, he had still fought with Xiao Letian twice, so it would be good to hear about his experience! "

"When this humble subject returned home, he just happened to see Maylor being escorted away, this subject immediately opened his mouth if he saw that Maylor had something to say, but did not expect Maylor to actually have such a treasure on him, he actually had a piece of paper detailing the weakness of Xiao Letian's new army!"

Ci Xi and the other two knew that they had done something wrong. "Aiya, I is confused, if I knew Maylor would have had this paper, I would have at least given him a chance to talk …"

Yi Nan and Yi Xuan said at almost the same time, "Old man, don't waste your time. If you have any thoughts, just say it out …"

Weng Tonghe said coldly: "Empress Dowager of the East is so tough, maybe he really secretly sent Xiao Letian to the capital, and Li Shao Quan did the right thing by setting up an ambush between Tanggu and Wu Qing, waiting patiently for Xiao Letian's new army to disappear."

"Xiao Letian's soldiers are young, but they're very strong, and we can only count on the three thousand men Li Shao Quan has. Let's transfer troops from the capital, no matter how many we mobilize, we will drown him with our men …"

"Didn't they say that Xiao Letian doesn't have any riders? Let's send our riders up to all the war horses in the capital, and even if we don't have enough riders, we can use our war horses to trample on them …"

Saying this, a trace of ruthlessness appeared in Weng Tonghe's eyes: "If it's still not possible, then we can recruit local citizens, ten thousand is not enough, then it's twenty thousand, then it's fifty thousand, I don't believe I won't drown Xiao Letian!"

Tch, the people in the hall gasped, no one expected that Weng Tonghe, the official, would be so ruthless. He actually thought of using the commoners as meat shields.

"Old... Old man! "This is a little inappropriate right …" In the end, not even the two princes could continue listening.

"Inappropriate? After Xiao Letian's Western Studies swept across the world, when China turned into a country of beasts, it would be too late to regret! What is West School? "It's nothing more than teaching people how to fight the heavens and the earth, and fighting with people of the same kind. It's nothing more than worshipping the strong. If everyone believes in these things, then our society will turn into a ghost …"

"This humble subject did not kill for the sake of profit. This humble subject is killing for the sake of the world's great dao …" Before his voice fell, he heard a muffled thunder from outside the hall. The heavy rain Sister Wu was talking about had finally arrived.

West of TIANJIN Wei, the sky was covered by dark clouds. It was already past 12 o'clock, but the weather was so gloomy that it was almost time to light a torch. A long blue dragon was rolling on the fields, but the villages on both sides of the long dragon were completely silent.

"Everyone, quickly send someone to retrieve the oilcloth …" It's going to rain soon, so all of you wrap up the ammunition and grenades... "Send out cloaks, arrange units, get them quickly …"

"Hot food is not available at noon... There was a food supply point three miles ahead. Each of them would put a piece of dry bread and each of them would listen to a can of meat. Then, they would drink the cold water … "

"Accelerate Speed... A hasty march! The distance between Tianjin and Beijing is only 130 kilometers. From now on, we will have to travel six hours in a rush, and we will also have to see the Beijing Wall when it gets dark … "

"Brothers …" Don't vent this anger in your heart … "No matter if it's raining or using a knife, the new army will only move forward, always moving forward …"

The leader of the new army advanced forward without pause. The military officers in the team were trying to boost the morale of the new army. Not only did the upcoming torrential rain not stop them, it instead increased the morale of the new soldiers.

Xiao Letian galloped his horse around the long dragon. Every time his figure appeared, it would be met with waves of wild cheers. With him around, no one would doubt their victory.

"Brothers, let's break Beijing. I'll treat you all to a big meal … We used to travel ten thousand miles across half of the Earth, but now we care about these hundred kilometers? "Forcefully march forward and catch that group of bastards off guard …"

"Victory!" "Long live!" Cheers sounded out in the team.

Just at this time, Wang Huaiyuan, who was in front, spurred his horse to come over, "Master, and I haven't received a single carrier pigeon in an hour, the atmosphere isn't right, did something happen?"

"Master, we do not know the location of Li Hongzhang's Huai Army, we do not know the location, it would be dangerous to rush in …"

Without waiting for Xiao Letian to speak, a faint white light lit up from the western dark clouds. Not long after, thunder rumbled from afar.

Xiao Letian muttered to himself for a moment, "It should be due to the bad weather, this is our mistake, the carrier pigeon is after all an animal and not a human, if it encounters bad weather, it will definitely avoid us!"

At this time, a fast horse suddenly came from the west. It was one of the few Rangers in the new army that was used to patrol the battlefield.

"Prime Minister, there's a torrential rain in Wu Qing County ahead. The hooves of the war horses have turned soft and the ground is covered with mud. We can't run at all …" Sir, please give me your instructions! "

"Damnit …" Xiao Letian scolded. "Shrink the perimeter of the formation, don't needlessly reduce the number of soldiers. Follow the large army and advance."

Wang Huaiyuan stretched out his hands to pull the reins of his horse, "Master, it's not good. If we don't know the information, we can't just throw our lives away. It's not like fighting is child's play."

"Bullshit!" I don't need you to teach me? Do I not understand the logic of intelligence? But the problem we're facing right now isn't the battlefield, it's politics... Do you understand that what we are fighting today is a political battle! "

"The Reformist that I helped up is about to die soon. How can I not save him? Other than Ci An who is able to restrain the evil monster Ci Xi, there is no one else in Great Qing Province who is willing to surrender. How can I not go and save him? "

"Get out of my way, even if the army I'm leading doesn't have any intelligence, even if there's an army of a million soldiers in front of us, we can still kill them all …" "This is the soul of the new army, without victories to feed, the new army won't grow much …"

"If you're scared, then scram to the back and rest …" After Xiao Letian finished speaking, he urged his horse forward and rushed towards the "Brothers … There might be enemies lying in ambush ahead, are you afraid? "

No one answered such a stupid question. The only answer they got was a single song, the New Army's military song.